Course detail
Principles of Measurement in Engineering
FSI-1ZM Acad. year: 2020/2021 Winter semester
Basic metrological terms are introduced and their meaning is explained. Also dealt with are the following topics: Physical quantity. Measuring, signal, measuring classification. Basic measurement procedures, measurement facilities, data processing algorithm. Accuracy and errors of the measurement. Results and measurement uncertainty. Measurement methods. Methods of technical diagnostics.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
6
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will adopt physical essences of the selected measuring methods and will practically master selected experiments.
Prerequisites
Secondary school knowledge and skills of mathematics and physics.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Teaching is suplemented by practical laboratory work.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
The students´ reports are evaluated during the course and an understanding of the theory is checked.
Aims
The aim of the course is to give an overview of the basic measurement methods applied in an engineering experiment.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
A preparation to the measurements and report compilation. The selected measurement topics must be completed.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-MET-P: Mechatronics, Bachelor's, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Fundamentals of metrology. Basic metrological terms. Measurement components.
International system of units – SI. SI units classification.
Measurement and its components. Results of measurement.
Procedures of measurement and of experimental data processing (planning of an experiment, measurement running, data processing and interpretation).
Methods of measurement. Direct measurements. Indirect measurements. Evaluation of the measurement uncertainty.
Generalised configurations and functional descriptions of measuring instruments.
Errors in measurement and their classification (random, systematic, relative). Mathematical methods of accuracy and measurement equipment description.
Physical principles of methods of the measurement I (displacement, velocity).
Physical principles of methods of the measurement II (pressure, temperature).
Physical principles of methods of the measurement III (electrical quantities).
Basic overview of information derived from the measurement.
Technical diagnostics.
Laboratory exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Statistical properties of a radioactive radiant.
Dependence of the period of a uniform plate upon of the distance between the centre of oscillation and the centre of mass.
Moment of inertia of a body.
Noise of motor.
Calorimetry. Quantity of heat and specific heat.
Viscosity of liquids.
Poisson constant of the air.
Focal length of a convergent lens and a divergent lens.
Spectrography.
Refractometry. Measurement of refractive index.
Thermistor.
Phase difference between the voltage and the current in a ac circuit.
Absorption half-thickness of gamma-rays.
Engineering application of a scattering of beta-rays.
Photodiode.